Dr. John Wayman is the Associate Director of Choral Activities, Associate Professor, and Area Coordinator for Music Education at the University of Texas at Arlington. He conducts the University Singers and mentors future choral music educators. Dr. Wayman is in high demand as a conductor, adjudicator, and clinician and has served as a guest conductor and adjudicator for numerous state and regional events.

He has presented clinics at state, national, and international conferences on choral pedagogy for the maturing adolescent voice, practical programming, and rehearsal strategies for choral music educators. His research focuses primarily on the changing male voice and music teacher preparation. Dr. Wayman has presented at state conferences such as Alaska MEA, Georgia MEA, Louisiana MEA, New Mexico MEA, Oklahoma ACDA, Tennessee MEA, and Texas MEA; national organizations including the National Association for Music Education, American Choral Directors Association, Society for Research in Music Education, Society of Music Teacher Educators, and Southwestern American Choral Association; and international venues in Greece, Brazil, England, Uganda, China, and, most recently, Scotland and Ireland.

His publications appear in the International Journal of Research in Choral Singing, Journal of Research in Music Education, Teaching Music, Texas Music Educator Research, Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education, Kansas Music Review, Ala Breve: Alabama Music Education Journal, and Georgia Music News. He also serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Music Educators Journal.

In 2019, Dr. Wayman was honored with the Sunrise Rotary Professor of the Year Award for the College of Liberal Arts. Above all, he is passionate about teaching and inspiring all who love to sing.